2018 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS - ANIMATION

This Program runs a total of about 1 hour and 25 minutes. It includes all 5 films nominated in the Animated Short category as well as some additional highly acclaimed films.

While this program is not rated, most of the shorts would carry a G rating, however the end of GARDEN PARTY has some disturbing imagery of a human corpse that could be upsetting to some younger viewers. It would likely be rated PG.

Dear Basketball (USA, 5 min. Dir. Glen Keane)
This film recounts KOBE BRYANT'S love affair with basketball from his childhood through his 20-year career in the NBA. Academy Award Winner.

Negative Space (France, 5 min. Dirs. Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata)
Negative Space is an adaptation of the poem by Ron Koertge. The poem’s tale about a boy who connects with his father by learning to pack a suitcase touched each of the filmmakers in different ways.

Lou (USA, 7 min. Dir. Dave Mullins)
Lou is a 2017 computer-animated short film produced by PixarAnimation Studios. Written and directed by Dave Mullins, it was theatrically released alongside Pixar’s Cars 3 on June 16, 2017. The short is about a lost and found box and the unseen monster within.